Show Til 12 V When hen the 11 k 11 son amid ami ant tasks are uro all al ended And Anil Ant tu time the school for or time the day IK Is ho dismissed The lime little ones gather around m me To bid hil mo me night good and und be kissed 0 O. O the little white arm arms that encircle My h nock lck In their tender embrace O 0 the smiles that arc nrc halos of Heaven Shedding sunshine hine of or love lovo on my face tace And when the they arc are gone I sit si dreaming dreamIng dream dream- Ing or Of 1 my childhood too lovely to lastOr lost last last- or Of Joys JOVA that my h heart will wl remember Wh While t It I wakes to tho the pulse of ot tho the past Ere Er me meA the world v vA and ana Its Is wickedness nes ma made o ome A partner of or sorrow and sin In When tl the lii glory of or God was wan about me mc Anti And nt the glo glory of ot gln gladness ness within All Al m my heart grows growl a as BI weak as na a wo- wo S milan's And the fountain of feeling S will wl row flow low When I think of or the path steep steel and I stony ton Where the feet of ot the dear ones must musi go o. o Of Ot the mountains of or sin sn hanging ocr oer them Item or Of thin the tempest of or fate tate blowing wild wild- 0 O. O thero's theros nothing on earth half hoC so IO holy 1101 As the Innocent 11 heart of or a a child They Timey are arc Idols Ios of ot hearts and of or households house house- holds Time The They are arc angels of ot God Cod In disguise Ills His ht still sti sleeps In their tresses Ills His Ils glory still shines In their eyes These truants from home and from iron i hen heaven ven They havo have made me more manly ant and nna I mild And Ant I know now how Jesus could 1 liken cn m The Tho kingdom of or God to a chil child I ask not a life for tor the time dear CRr ones All Al radiant as 8 others other have done But nut that lift life have mo may Just enough shadow shad shad- 0 ow tV To 0 temper the glare laro of or the sun situ I would pray God Got to guard suar them from ron 1 evil But nut my prayers would bound back tu to myself f. f Ah Aim A may pray pray for Cor a a sinner But Dut a sinner must pray for himself The ThE twig Is so lO easl easily bended I r have banished time the rule and the rod I have taught them the 01 haw goodness o 01 oC C knowledge They have taught me nie the goodness o of t God Got S My lly h heart is tire tile tw dungeon of or darkness Where hero I shut them from breaking a rule ruie 1 My f frown fn n is sufficient correction My Iy love Is tho the law of the school I shall leave the old olt house In the autumn au au- S To traverse its Is threshold no more Ah Aim how I shall 51 slab sigh h for the dear ones one Who Vho meet me each morn mor at the door I shall miss the nights good and tim the e kisses cs An And the thc gush of or their Innocent glee slee The groups on out the time green and amI the lie flowers flower S fowers That ar are brought ever every morning to m meI me I r shall miss them at morn mont and at nt even ever I Their son song In the school and amid the time street I shall miss the low hum burn of or their ouch voices And Amid the tread of or their delicate feet reet When the lessons of life are all ni ended I And Death says Time The school Is dim ls- ls I- I mis missed ed S 18 May the little ones gather around me To ro bid me night good-night and amid be kissed Charles M. M Dickinson |